Rebirth In Hollywood

"Nate, try another lens 132."

It was time to get off work, but Sofia Coppola had no intention of leaving. She instructed Natalie, who was making a temporary cameo editor, to constantly change the shots. ."

"It looks much better."

After adjusting the camera, Natalie mused, "Katniss entered this luxurious place for the first time, and used unconscious little gestures to express her unease..."

Staring at herself on the LCD screen, she glanced at the female director beside her, "Sophia, this feels much better."

"Let's be here today."

After taking a sip of coffee, Sofia Coppola squeezed her forehead and leaned back on the chair, "Nate, you've improved so quickly that you can completely manipulate a movie."

"thanks."

This is the end of today's work. Natalie cut off the power of several devices, and also picked up the coffee cup. Before drinking, she asked, "Are you stressed?"

Sofia Coppola nodded, "Didn't you read the statement that Ms. Kennedy brought? In addition to the $100 million for the production, Disney also prepared another $120 million in promotional expenses, starting from my transition to a director, Ryan has helped me so much, I really don't know how to deal with him if I screw up this time..."

Turning her head, Natalie frowned at Sofia Coppola, shook her head secretly, and comforted, "Although we have only cut one-fifth of it, I think the film does have a desire to be watched. Hope, don't forget, Sophia, in Ryan's character..."

She flattened her mouth and said, "If you can't see the possibility of making a profit, you will never invest such a huge amount of money."

"You're right." Sofia Coppola agreed with Natalie's opinion, and a smile appeared on her tired face. "Sometimes I have more confidence in Ryan than I have in myself!"

all the time. She added in her mind.

Natalie was a little ecstatic. If it wasn't for Ryan's support, how could she have made up her mind to enter the director's circle so early? May appear in theaters.

It was because of Ryan that she never worried about what to do when she failed. She always believed that with Ryan's support, she could not fail.

"Pack up, let's go."

Look at the watch. Natalie stood up, "Ryan should be here soon, it's getting late, let's go to supper together."

"OK."

Putting on his coat, Sofia Coppola walked towards the door with the satchel in her hand. After a few steps, the door opened and Ryan walked in stride.

"Looks like I came just in time?" Ryan let go of the door and made a gesture of please. "Moria restaurant, I have reserved a place."

This is a typical French restaurant, the meals are beautiful and tasty, and the portions for dinner are small enough. It is a place where many Hollywood female stars like to eat. The reserved place in the restaurant is very quiet, and a round mahogany dining table keeps enough distance from other people.

Sitting at the dining table, the three of Ryan enjoyed the meals that were served one after another. They chatted quietly about topics of interest to each other.

"Don't you think time is a little tight?" Sofia Coppola said seriously.

"Sophia."

After cutting off a small piece of steak, Ryan raised his head, "I've seen your progress. If nothing else happens, it will be completed in mid-May, not counting overtime."

"Don't tell me, you want the movie to be released in May next year." After all, this is her first big production, and Sophia also wants to have more time to craft it.

"It was originally planned." Ryan ignored the two wide-eyed women, put the cut steak into his mouth, swallowed it, and said calmly, " But Marvel put X-Men 3 in May, and I'm going to put it in early June to avoid hitting the box office for the movie."

"Early June?" Sophia looked at Natalie, "I remember Scarlett said that DreamWorks' Escape from Clone Island seems to be on this schedule."

"That's right." Natalie nodded in agreement, holding the cup, "The second weekend in June."

"Then let's choose the first weekend in June."

As the hottest summer season, that is the time when commercial blockbusters are released together. Of course, Ryan has to pick the softest persimmon, "I will inform Kate and Disney Pictures later."

"Why not push the release to August?" Sophia was obviously not confident and frowned. "This is a super masterpiece created by Michael Bay and DreamWorks. I'm worried..."

"No, no, no..." Ryan shook his finger, "Sophia, it's them, not us, who should be worried."

"Scarlett will be sad if you say that." Natalie pursed her lips and said with a smile.

It was just a joke, she knew that as long as Ryan was still in Hollywood, the friends around him would never lack opportunities.

"Our film is aimed at teenagers and female audiences." Ryan felt sixty percent full, and put down his knife and fork, "You may not have noticed that the sales of original novels are now second only to "The Da Vinci Code" ", and we have assembled a group of the best young actors in Hollywood today, as long as the promotion is in place, the box office will definitely not be a problem."

"You have so much confidence in me?" Sofia Coppola's brows gradually loosened.

He shrugged gracefully. Ryan didn't say anything else. He had seen some of the samples that Sophia had cut. The effect was not bad, at least not worse than the previous one. On the basis of ensuring the most basic quality, how to do a good job of marketing is the key. The key to the success of this series.

And the last thing Disney lacks is the experience of promoting its work among teens and female audiences.

Although the final release time has not yet been determined, Disney's publicity plan has already been launched. Behind the high sales of the original novel is the result of Ryan and Disney's operation, and with the end of filming, many props in the movie are also being commercialized. , and various peripheral authorization negotiations have also taken the lead.

Ryan's goal is very simple. The box office will try to recover the cost and use the peripherals to make profits.

So far, among all Hollywood movies, there are three series with the best peripheral development, George Lucas' "Star Wars", Ryan's "Jurassic Park" and "Harry Potter" series.

For these films, the screening in theaters is more like promotion, and the places that really bring huge profits are almost all in the surrounding industries.

The topic of the three has always revolved around the film industry.

"I heard Nat say..." Sofia Coppola asked Ryan, holding the freshly served black tea from the waiter, "Are you going to restart Jurassic Park?"

"Waiting for Stephen."

After taking over Natalie's coffee with sugar and milk, Ryan took a sip and continued, "It will be in the second half of the year at the earliest. I plan to use 3D technology to make it."

"Draw the audience into the theater with the dinosaurs right in front of you?" Natalie tasted the black tea, and probably felt that it didn't taste good, so she simply exchanged coffee from Ryan and asked, "Don't you want to convert to imax?"

"Of course." Ryan put the black tea she stuffed on the table, "I also want to use this film to promote the development of the imax3d cinema."

"Unfortunately, these are hardly helpful for literary films." Sofia Coppola put down the teacup and checked the time, "It's getting late, let's go."

"Tomorrow weekend."

After leaving the restaurant and walking towards the parking lot, Ryan said, "Is there any arrangement?"

"Rest." Sophia pointed to the faintly visible dark circles under the street lights, "Remove all stress and go to sleep."

"I invited Sophia."

Natalie held Ryan and reminded, "She thinks it's easier to relax at home than in Utah."

"so……"

When they got to the car, Sophia looked at them, raised her voice slightly and asked, "Have you finished the script you prepared for Nat?"

"So we're going to investigate the location."

Looking at the paparazzi looming outside the parking lot, Ryan opened the door of the Rolls-Royce for Natalie, "We have to go to the field first, and then we will set up the crew."

"By the way, use the weekend to play there." Natalie added.

"Wish you guys good luck."

Waved to this side, Sofia Coppola got into her car, and the black Cadillac left the parking lot first.

"Let's go too."

With a light pat on Natalie, Ryan followed her into the car as the Rolls-Royce drove towards North Hollywood.

"Is everything ready?"

When the car entered Laurier Valley Avenue, Natalie saw a store selling field equipment on the side of the road through the car window and asked Ryan, "We are going to camp in the field."

"All the equipment, food." Ryan simply found a folded list from his pocket and handed it to Natalie, "including the satellite phone, and it was delivered to the plane in the afternoon."

Natalie flipped through the list and gave it back to Ryan, "Where's the script? I haven't seen the script yet."

"I put the physical version in the off-road vehicle." Ryan tapped his forehead, "I sent the electronic version to your encrypted mailbox."

Back at Natalie's villa, Ryan told John a few words to contact the person who rushed to Utah first, and don't miss the pick-up time tomorrow.

"Only when you are fully prepared." Ryan said to her when pulling Natalie towards the villa, "to minimize the possibility of accidents."

It was a geologically complex area, and Ryan didn't want what happened to Aaron Ruston to happen to their group.

"By the way, what about Alison?"

After entering the villa, Ryan discovered that his dear sister had not come, "I told her to come here today, and then leave together tomorrow."

"Go to Scarlett's place." Natalie gestured with her chin in the direction of Scarlett's house, "She called me and wants to sleep with Scarlett at night." (To be continued..) ( )